Success comes from within… not from the outside…

I hear of so many people wanting to quit programs because their sponsor is not there for them, or is no longer with the program.

Let me give you a clue, folks. Your sponsor is not responsible for your success. Your chosen program is not responsible for your success. You, and YOU alone are responsible for your success.

Being an Entrepreneur is about taking the lead and leading, not following. Leaders gather their resources and then they take action. They don’t need anyone to tell them what to do, when to do it, or how to do it – they just do it. Their bosses used to tell them what to do. As an Entrepreneur, you are your own boss – you give the directions to yourself now.

Success is a mindset. Just as failure is a mindset. You have to have a successful mindset in order to be successful. If you have a failure mindset, then no matter what you do, you will be destined to fail.

Our brains are like a programmable mechanism. What you feed it, determines the outcome from it. If you program yourself with thoughts of “I’m not worthy”, “I don’t deserve it”, “I can’t do this”, “I’ll never get this right”, “I’ll never be as successful as so and so”, or anything of the like, then situations will present themselves to prove you right. And vice versa – if you program yourself with thoughts of “I am successful”, “I am worthy”, “I am deserving”, “I can do this”, then situations will present themselves to prove you right.

You have to decide to be successful. You have to decide that you are worth it and deserve it. You have to decide that you can and will do it. You have to decide to be more successful than you’ve ever been before.

One thing you can do, is stop comparing yourself to others. Because, let me tell you, you will never measure up to someone else. But, guess what? You’re not supposed to. You are YOU. You are not like others, and others are not like you. We are all individuals and we should treat ourselves as such.

I understand that there is a lot of competition out there and that we have had it beat in our brains since birth that we need to be better than someone else. But in all reality, the only one we are in competition with is ourselves. If we can just be better than ourselves each day than we were the day before, that’s what it’s all about.

We have to stop looking to outside sources to “make” us a success. Success is all about you and what you want. Not what your parents want, not what your co-workers want, not what your neighbors want, but what YOU want.

If YOU want to be a success, look within yourself and ask yourself if that is what you truly want. Do you really want that success? Are you ready for success? Are you comfortable with success? Do you really want to be an Entrepreneur, your own boss? Are you really comfortable making the kind of money you envision making? Are you ready to change your mindset – everything that you have known so far to be “true”? I know it can be done. Do you?

It’s all up to you. You just have to decide that you want it and then do it. Believe in yourself and you’ll fly high. You can be a success if you choose to be. Success comes from within, it starts with you, and it ends with you.

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There’s More To Life, folks, than just existing…

So many people wander aimlessly through life. They have no direction. They have no goals. They have no dreams.

Your average life does not have to be as good as it gets. There is more to life if you want it.

There are a few quotes I’ve heard over the years…

“If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, How Will You Know Once You’re There?”
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.”

These are so true. If you don’t know where you are going, how are you ever going to get there? And if you don’t know where you’re going, well, anywhere you land, will be where you were going… Do you really want to leave it to chance? Do you really just want to accept whatever comes down the pike?

If going to work every day, sitting in a little cubicle or behind a desk, moaning and complaining about how awful it is and how miserable you are… If sitting around watching the “boob tube” or as we like to say “electronic income reducer”… If playing games all day, like Farmville, Mafia Wars, or World of Warcraft (WoW)… If those are all things that you do… I like to call those survival tactics and time wasters. That isn’t really living… that’s just existing and passing time.

There is more to life than just that. Life shouldn’t be deduced into simply existing and surviving… That’s boring and unproductive. I can’t believe that most people live like that. It’s like they are totally blinded to the potential within themselves to be something more, to have a life worth living and enjoying…

I challenge you to think about what you would like your life to be like if there were no limitations on time or finances or ability. Truly think about the things that you want out of life. What is your vision of a perfect life? What would your daily activities be? Think about this – in fact, give it a LOT of thought. Map it out in your mind. Make sure to include all of your senses – what it looks like, sounds like, feels like, smells like, even tastes like. The more of your senses you involve, the stronger the vision, the stronger the vision, the more you program yourself for what it is you truly want.

Now… it’s not just as easy as thinking about what you want out of life and creating your map in your mind. You have to take the necessary actions to bring about the goals you seek. You must take the actions necessary to move you in the right direction towards that vision.

Some people use whiteboards to write phrases on, or a bulletin board to put pictures on. I go one step further. I make “Mind Movies“. A mind movie is a video that includes both the phrases and pictures which can help stimulate more of the senses to give you a more vivid experience in helping you realize your dreams than the stand alone methods can.

Once you have decided what it is you want, and have it all mapped out in your head, and put it down on something, whether it’s writing it out, putting phrases on a whiteboard, putting pictures on a bulletin board, or making a Mind Movie, you have to take the appropriate action to get yourself there. You can’t just visualize it and then think that all you have to do is wait for it to come to you. Nothing is achieved from laziness. You have to take the ideas and inspirations you will receive and then roll with them.

Once you decide where it is that you want to go, the universe will mysteriously direct you on how to get there. Opportunities will pop up, you will get ideas and/or inspirations of things you can do. When that happens, you have to grab the bull by the horns and go for it. This is the universe directing you towards what you want. Don’t ignore it. This is your chance to create the life that you want.

Now… if watching TV, playing games, and merely existing or surviving is what you want out of life. Well, more power to you, I can’t stop you. As long as you enjoy your life, that’s what matters. Each one of us has a role to play in this universe. Not everyone wants the same thing.

For me, though, I believe that there’s more to life than just that, and I’m going to do everything in my power to make it happen!

Until next time…

Take Care and Create Your Greatest Day!

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One of the biggest obstacles I’m seeing in the Online Marketing Industry is simple: Mindset. If your Mindset is holding you back, I can help you.

I used to struggle with a poor mindset. Not poor in financial means, but poor as in bad. Over the past year, I have worked greatly on my mindset and I am now a completely different person than I was before. I am much stronger, confident, outgoing, etc… This is not to say I don’t have anything left to conquer… Working with your mindset is a lifetime task.

You are constantly presented with ideas, which in turn, turn into your beliefs. Your beliefs rule your mindset, and thus, you yourself. But, I have good news. If you don’t like how you are, there is hope. You can change your mindset, and in doing so, change yourself.

I’ve often heard it said, if you don’t like how something is, wait five minutes and it will change. I’ve usually heard it applied to the weather in certain cities. But this is true of anything. What you feed yourself mentally determines how you see things.

I’ve seen countless case studies of how belief shapes a person. For example, a student believes they are bad at math and they just don’t get it. The student’s poor grades “confirm” that fact. In essence, however, they have led themselves to believe that they are bad in math, and therefore, the reflective grades only “prove” to the student that they were right.

I’ve heard this compared to being hypnotized, in that a hypnotist plants a certain suggestion in the subject and convinces him that it is true. Once the subject “believes” that whatever it is, is true, it happens. Such as in the case of a weight lifter being told that he absolutely could not lift a pencil off of a desk, when normally he could lift over 400 pounds over his head.

When we feed ourselves thoughts and ideas every day that we can or can not do something, our mind kicks into gear in order to make those thoughts and ideas true.

So, I have to ask you. Is your mindset holding you back? Is there some thought or idea there that you can’t do something? If so, let’s try for the next 21 days to re-program your mindset. Reverse those negative limiting beliefs into positive beliefs. Is there something you want to do, but think you can’t? Tell yourself you can. Convince yourself in your mind that you can do that. Visualize yourself doing what you have been wanting to do at night before you go to bed, in the morning as you wake up, and as many times during the day that you can. Visualize your goal and try not to just see it, but hear it, smell it, taste it, and touch it. When you involve all of your senses, it makes the experience much more vivid and memorable.

If you can do this for the next 21 days, I’m certain that whatever your limiting belief was, will be just a distant memory, and a new you will have emerged, doing and being the person you want to be. It starts with you. Shed the negative limiting beliefs and stand tall with your new image of yourself. I believe in you. You should believe in yourself now.

Until next time…

Take Care and Create Your Greatest Day!

Join Kelli and the community of entrepreneurs that make it happen. Get yourself on track for success with the Internet Marketing Eduction and mindset skills you need to Live Abundantly Successful.

Introducing the Networking Mompreneur, Kelli Jacobson! Kelli takes you through a little bit of her background to help you get to know her a little better.

You can connect with Kelli on the following sites:

Blog: http://www.KelliJacobson.com
Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/KelliJacobson
FaceBook: http://www.Facebook.com/KelliJacobson
LinkedIn: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/KelliJacobson
Better Networker: http://www.BetterNetworker.com/members/Kelli_Jacobson

You can listen to Kelli’s New Age/Instrumental Internet Radio Station at Live365:
http://www.Live365.com/stations/moonshea2u

I look forward to connecting with you!

Take Care and Create Your Greatest Day!
Kelli Jacobson =)

When considering a path to follow, heed these words…

Do not follow because your friends follow…
Do not follow because the masses follow…
You have your own path to follow…
Follow only if the path rings true in your heart and soul…

~Kelli Jacobson

I would like to ask everyone to help me with a challenge of mine.  I struggle with receiving compliments and recognition.  I always just brush it off as nothing, and I need to stop doing that and be open to receiving.  I give so much of myself, asking little if anything in return.

When I worked and got awards, I would just shrug them off as it was part of my job and just something I did because it was the right thing to do or was good for the company.  I never took and understood the full weight of the compliments and recognition.

In one way, I like compliments and recognition, and in another, I don’t.  It’s just something I do, something that is a part of me.  It was strange at work, I would see other employees who were so slow and did next to nothing and it always irked me.  I always put in 110% and couldn’t understand why others didn’t.  I think that’s why they liked me so much.  I was always producing more and always asking for more responsibility always taking the initiative to create something better.  Like I said, it’s just a part of me, something I have always done.  I’m a better giver than receiver.

So, I want your help with my challenge of receiving.  If you know me, whether by an online association or you have met me in real life, I want you to leave a comment with a compliment or recognition so that I can learn to accept them more and easier.

Thanks!  As John Jackson always says, you all inspire me.  Thank you for being a part of my life.  I am truly blessed.

The characters in this video, which actually came first, star in the previous post’s video, Validation.

“Rent-A-Person” is a romantic musical comedy about a men’s room attendant who founds an organization which revolutionizes rush hour traffic. Starring James Haven.

If you liked the previous video, you’ll love this one too.  Enjoy! =)

Create Your Greatest Day,

This has to be one of the most inspirational videos I have ever watched!  It is amazing and will make you smile, may even make you shed some happy tears (if you are the emotional type like me). I feel blessed to be able to share this with you.

“Validation” is a fable about the magic of free parking.  Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis.

It may seem like it has nothing to do with running your own online business, or marketing, but really, when you think about it, it has EVERYTHING to do with it!

How we choose to communicate with others directly influences our results in life, as well as business. I have made it a practice to tell those that I choose to surround myself with how much I love them and how awesome they truly are. I hope after you watch this inspiring video, that you will take up the practice as well.

Thanks go to Cristina Munoz for sharing this awesome video with me!  I LOVE it, and I know you will too!

Create Your Greatest Day,

Mindset is one of the most critical skills you can learn when it comes to becoming successful.  If you don’t have the preconceived belief that you are a successful person, then you are not going to be successful no matter what you do.  You have to believe in yourself first before anyone else will.  I hope to contribute content here to help you develop a positive mindset to become successful in every area in your life, whether it be your personal life or business life.

I am a Networking Mompreneur.  So, for me, it’s both personal and business.  I have heard from just about everyone that I am connected with in network marketing, that Mindset is the number one area that you need to have in place before you can become successful.  I started my path on re-discovering my personal growth prior to my search (again) for an online opportunity to make money from home.  I think it was integral in finding the opportunity that I did.  And because I believe so highly in the Law of Attraction and Mindset, I decided to share my nuggets of knowledge with everyone.

If there is ever an area that you would like me to cover in regards to Mindset or the Law of Attraction, please let me know.  I am here to help others, so would love to know what you think and what you want information on.

May you have a very blessed (by deity of choice) day!  And don’t forget – you are the creator of your day – create a great one!

Kelli Jacobson =)

How to Achieve Success in 3 Simple Steps

1. Believe in Yourself
2. Successful Thinking
3. Be Grateful

Believe in Yourself

You have to start out with believing in yourself.  If you don’t believe in yourself, who else will?  Believe that you have the power for greatness.  That you can change the world.  That you can be successful.  It may be hard at first, but you can do it.  You have to.  Belief is a very powerful thing.  It sets into motion, that which you are believing.

Successful Thinking

Start thinking you are a success.  You may say, “Well, I’m not successful yet”.  That’s okay.  You need to start thinking you are successful to bring about that success.  What you think will start to manifest, and then you will be successful.  If you have problems thinking of yourself as a success, think about what you can do that will make you feel successful.  Just something small.  And then do that.  Once you achieve that small step of success, it may make it easier for you to start feeling successful.

Be Grateful

Wake up in the morning and think of all the things you have to be thankful for.  Make every day a Thanksgiving.  Let the Universe, Spirit, Deity (whatever you believe in) know what you are grateful for.  It might be as simple as you are alive.  Or that you have a roof over your head and food in your stomach.  Or that you have a wonderful spouse or child.  Whatever it is, say thank you for it and let it be known how grateful you are for it.  Once you start being grateful for things, then it changes your mindset to be thankful and grateful for all the new wonderful things that will come into your life.

Embrace life and make it what you want to be.  Believe in yourself, think successful thoughts, and be grateful for all the wonderful things in your life.  You will see your life changing for the good.  You will see yourself as a success.